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(Encyclopedia) West New Guinea: see Papua, Indonesia. ...

(Encyclopedia) West Texas Basin: see Permian Basin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dutch West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...

(Encyclopedia) West Quoddy Head, promontory extending into the Atlantic Ocean, SE Maine, SE of Lubec; the easternmost point in the continental United States. A lighthouse is there. ...

(Encyclopedia) West University Place, residential city (1990 pop. 12,920), Harris co., S Tex., completely surrounded by the city of Houston; inc. 1925. Rice Univ. is nearby. ...

(Encyclopedia) West, Paul Noden, 1930–2015, British-American writer, b. Eckington, Derbyshire, England, B.A. Univ. of Birmingham (1950), M.A. Columbia (1953). After serving in the Royal Air Force and teaching at M...

(Encyclopedia) West Roman Empire: see Roman Empire under Rome. ...

(Encyclopedia) Danish West Indies: see Virgin Islands of the United States. ...

(Encyclopedia) Nollekens, Joseph nŏlˈĭkənz [key], 1737–1823, English sculptor, b. London. He studied in Rome and in 1770 returned to London, where he became the most fashionable portrait sculptor of his day. A...

(Encyclopedia) Bache, Richard, 1737–1811, American merchant, b. Yorkshire, England. He came to New York City in 1765 to join an older brother in the mercantile business. Bache soon moved to Philadelphia in the int...